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JOHN PATITUCCI – SPIRIT FALL (Edition Records) (2 x LP, CD, DL) (2025)
John Patitucci was bassist with Wayne Shorter and Chick Corea. Opener ‘Think Fast’ features Chris Potter’s lithe, flitting soprano sax...
Mar 24, 20251 min read
RECORD STORE DAY 2025 (Saturday, 12th April)
Yes, it’s here again. I thought it might be useful to list some albums (NB 20 in all of hundreds) being released on RSD, concentrating on...
Mar 21, 20252 min read
SUN RA AND HIS INTER-GALACTIC RESEARCH ARKESTRA – NUITS DE LA FONATION MAEGHT (Strut) (6 x LP – Record Store Day/ DL) (2025)
Sun Ra never seems to go out of fashion, nor does the music ever see to be ahead of its time. The music heard here was originally...
Mar 21, 20251 min read
RAY RUSSELL – THE COMPLETE SPONTANEOUS EVENT: LIVE 1967-1969 (Jazz in Britain) (2 x CD/ DL) (2025)
You really can’t go wrong with Jazz in Britain releases: attractively packaged, comprehensive and competitively priced, and this release...
Mar 21, 20251 min read
MYRA MELFORD SPLASH with MICHAEL FORMANEK and CHES SMITH (Intakt CD) (2025)
Incorporating multimedia elements from the visual arts, literature, poetry and architectures into the music, innovative pianist Myra...
Mar 4, 20251 min read
CHRISTOPH IRNIGER PILGRIM - HUMAN INTELLIGENCE (Live) (Intakt CD) (2025)
Swiss label Intakt is regularly releasing some intriguing jazz music and “Human Intelligence” is yet another example. The line-up is...
Mar 4, 20252 min read
JIM MULLEN QUARTET – FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE (Stunt CD/ DL) (2024)
If you like your jazz smooth, soulful and occasionally funky, then check out Jim’s latest album with Danish tenor saxophonist Jan...
Feb 24, 20251 min read
BILLIE HOLIDAY – TRAVELIN’ LIGHT: CLASSIC RECORDINGS 1939-1951 (Jasmine CD) (2025)
This collection, while welcome to Billie Holiday newbies, is rather limited in scope, being based on an arbitrarily limited time period...
Feb 24, 20251 min read
JIM MULLEN TAKES FIVE
It’s nice to see Glasgow guitarist Jim Mullen, who played with Vinegar Joe, Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express, with Dick Morrissey and has...
Feb 20, 20251 min read
JOHN SURMAN – FLASHPOINTS AND UNDERCURRENTS (Cuneiform Records) (2025) 2 x CD/ DL
The line-up is: John Surman - soprano and baritone saxophone, bass clarinet; Alan Skidmore - tenor saxophone and flute; Ronnie Scott -...
Feb 14, 20252 min read
MIKE RATLEDGE – R.I.P. (1943-2025)
A Canterbury school teacher’s son, Mike Ratledge was born in Maidstone in Kent and grew up with classical music, He met his friend Brian...
Feb 14, 20251 min read
JAZZ SABBATH – THE 1968 TAPES (Blacklake CD & LP/ Bandcamp) (2024)
The title is tongue in cheek alluding to the ‘urban myth’ that Jazz Sabbath’s first album in 2020 was by a lost jazz group who were...
Feb 4, 20251 min read
GORDON BECK’S GYROSCOPE – PROGRESS (Jazz in Britain) (2024) (3 x CD)
The JAZZ IN BRITAIN site on Bandcamp is well worth checking out if you’re at that way inclined with some cracking vinyl LPs and CDs at...
Feb 4, 20251 min read
KEVIN KASTNING, CARL CLEMENTS & SOHEIL PEYGHAMBARI – TRIPLE HELIX (Bandcamp/ Greydisc) (2025)
Kevin Kastning once again plays various types of contraguitars on this collaboration with saxophonist Carl Clements, with whom he has...
Jan 30, 20251 min read
VARIOUS ARTISTS - A NEW AWAKENING - Adventures In British Jazz 1966-1971 (Release date 21st Feb, 2025) (Cherry Red)
Part Two: CD two The track listing is as follows with brief comments after each track: 1) The John Cameron Quartet – Troublemaker (1969):...
Jan 28, 20253 min read
VARIOUS ARTISTS - A NEW AWAKENING - Adventures In British Jazz 1966-1971 (Release date 21st Feb, 2025) (Cherry Red)
Part One: CD one I have been looking forward to something like this for a long time, a comprehensive 48 track 3 CD box set of...
Jan 21, 20254 min read
FALLING A RECORDS: a plea
Thanks to Barry Lamb and Peter Ashby for a copy of their annual report. Why is this post here? Because, for over 25 years now I have been...
Jan 13, 20252 min read
SOFT MACHINE – SOFTS (Esoteric Recordings) (1 x LP) (Release date – 31st January, 2025)
Soft Machine’s second album for the Harvest label (following “Bundles”) featured a line-up of KARL JENKINS (Piano, Electric Piano,...
Dec 23, 20242 min read
THE FIRST FULL CALENDAR YEAR OF DIMENSIONS IN SOUND AND SPACE
As I review the year 2024, here is one of many nice comments we have had: the link is: https://elegantsimplicity.com/2024/12/10/dimension...
Dec 21, 20241 min read
REVIEW OF THE YEAR ON DIMENSIONS IN SOUND AND SPACE (2024) (part one)
As well as some of your feedback, I’ve been having a look back at what has been reviewed by www.dimensions-in-sound-and-space.com in...
Dec 21, 20242 min read
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